ALBATEOSS EXPLORATIONS; ALASKA, WASHINGTON, AND OREGON. 49 
During the three following days soundings were made as follows: 
Latitude 56° 35' N., longitude 137° 55' W., 1,433 fathoms; 
Latitude 55° 2U' N., longitude 20' W., 1,569 fathoms, accompanied by 
dredging; 
Latitude 54° 02' N., longitude 134° 34' W., 1,571 fathoms; 
Latitude 52° 32' N., longitude 133° 05' W., 1,601 fathoms; 25 miles SW. ^ S. 
(magnetic) from Cape St. James, 1,099 fathoms ; 
Latitude 51° 23' N., longitude 130° 43' W., 876 fathoms, accompanied by dredging ; 
Latitude 51° 14' N., longitude 129° 50' W., 204 fathoms, accompanied by dredging; 
Latitude 51° 09' N,, longitude 129° 07' W., 83 fathoms; 
Latitude 51° 01' K., longitude 128° 25' W., 52 fathoms. 
The last station was off the northwestern extremity of Vancouver Island, where 
an anchorage was made on the night of August 31. From there the ship proceeded by 
way of the inner passages between Vancouver Island and the mainland to Seattle, 
Wash., where she arrived September 6, having made several stops on the way for the 
purposes of sounding, dredging, coaling, etc. 
Sounding and dredging stations were made in Queen Charlotte Sound, olf the 
southern entrance to Goletas Channel, depth 238 fathoms; in the Gulf of Georgia, off 
Fraser River, 67 fathoms; in the southern part of Washington Sound, 48 fathoms; 
and off the northern entrance to Admiralty Inlet, 40 fathoms. 
Night anchorages were made in Alert Baj^, Tribune Harbor, and Burrows Bay, 
and a supply of coal was taken in at Departure Bay. Burrows Bay is a good harbor, 
and is protected from all but southerly winds. 
On the trip to Alaska during the first part of July the steamer Albatross made the 
same inner passage, but no hydrographic or dredging work was done. While going 
through, however, stops for various purposes were made at Esquimalt, Departure Bay, 
Tribune Bay, Alert Bay, and Fort Rupert, at all of which places collections and obser- 
vations of greater or less extent were made, as explained further on. 
Dredging . — Two casts of the beam trawl were made in deep water on the way south 
from Pamplona Rocks to Vancouver Island. The first was at station No. 2859, lati- 
tude 55° 20' N., longitude 136° 20' W., to the eastward of Prince of Wales Island; 
depth, 1,569 fathoms; bottom, gray ooze. The second was at station No. 2860, lati- 
tude 51° 23' N., longitude 130° 34' W., off Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, 
876 fathoms, green mud. Both of these hauls developed a rich deep-sea fauna, and a 
large number of interesting specimens were obtained. Among fishes the genus Macru- 
rus was represented by several species and over a hundred specimens, a large species 
of Lithodes (deep-sea spiny crab), several species of shrimps, several genera of echi- 
noderms and Umbellula were very abundant. 
At station 2861, latitude 51° 14' N., longitude 129° 50' W., 204 fathoms, the assem- 
blage of forms was more like those obtained on the deeper parts of the Alaskan fish- 
ing banks. Both fishes and invertebrates were taken in great abundance, and among 
the latter were several specimens of a species of Anthomastns, which was here seen for 
the first time. 
Station 2862 was in Queen Charlotte Sound, off the southern entrance to Goletas 
Channel, Duncan Island bearing BNE. ^E, (magnetic); Noble Island, N. ^ W. (mag- 
netic); depth, 238 fathoms; bottom, gray sand and mud. The trawl came up with a 
heavy load of mud, which detained the ship two hours or more, as it was necessary to 
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